I'm not even comparing it to the old series. I'm comparing it to anything reasonably digestible as fiction. This is crap. The fact that Sammitch actually likes it should more than prove my point...
where crap equals anything not lining up exactly with pro's tastes. surprise. I'm just saying if you take it in its context for what it is, the product of nostalgia and product placement filtered for an audience that was in diapers for much of the first time around, it's not really as bad as you make it out to be. at least if you stick around for the whole thing, anyway.